diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c
index 60e45db29b158081adbe5395cbbb46946e218d96..875e42390a13429fe237c00e305c4c2691c83349 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ u8 macaddr_buf[ETH_ALEN];
 
 struct vdpasim_virtqueue {
 	struct vringh vring;
-	struct vringh_kiov iov;
+	struct vringh_kiov in_iov;
+	struct vringh_kiov out_iov;
 	unsigned short head;
 	bool ready;
 	u64 desc_addr;
@@ -210,12 +211,12 @@ static void vdpasim_net_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	while (true) {
 		total_write = 0;
-		err = vringh_getdesc_iotlb(&txq->vring, &txq->iov, NULL,
+		err = vringh_getdesc_iotlb(&txq->vring, &txq->out_iov, NULL,
 					   &txq->head, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (err <= 0)
 			break;
 
-		err = vringh_getdesc_iotlb(&rxq->vring, NULL, &rxq->iov,
+		err = vringh_getdesc_iotlb(&rxq->vring, NULL, &rxq->in_iov,
 					   &rxq->head, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (err <= 0) {
 			vringh_complete_iotlb(&txq->vring, txq->head, 0);
@@ -223,13 +224,13 @@ static void vdpasim_net_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 
 		while (true) {
-			read = vringh_iov_pull_iotlb(&txq->vring, &txq->iov,
+			read = vringh_iov_pull_iotlb(&txq->vring, &txq->out_iov,
 						     vdpasim->buffer,
 						     PAGE_SIZE);
 			if (read <= 0)
 				break;
 
-			write = vringh_iov_push_iotlb(&rxq->vring, &rxq->iov,
+			write = vringh_iov_push_iotlb(&rxq->vring, &rxq->in_iov,
 						      vdpasim->buffer, read);
 			if (write <= 0)
 				break;